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John Kerry was touting his plan to rein in wasteful government spending and balance the federal budget as his string of campaign buses wound into the Midwest on Tuesday. advertisement Meanwhile, President Bush was making a fresh appeal to Roman Catholic voters and fattening the GOP’s campaign war chest in Texas, the start of three days of campaigning in the nation’s midsection. “We can do this,” Kerry said in remarks prepared for delivery on Tuesday. “We can return to the days where we balanced the budget, grew our economy and spent your money responsibly. We can balance our federal budget so you can grow yours.” Kerry promises to pay for all new government programs and cut the federal deficit in half in four years. To do that, he wants the power to veto individual spending decisions made by Congress and enforce budget caps with automatic spending cuts. He planned to discuss his economic plans in a town hall meeting on Tuesday. Bush has promised to slice the federal deficit in half in five years. The White House last week said it expected this year’s federal deficit to reach $445 billion. That’s less than the White House budget office previously estimated, but it would still be a record in dollar terms. The Treasury Department said Monday that Congress needs to let the government borrow more than the $7.4 trillion it can borrow now.
Approximate Word count = 878
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